The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) of Nepal in collaboration with the Accelerated Data Program (ADP/PARIS21) organized a three-day NADA upgrading and administration training workshop in Dhulikhel from 9 to 11 December 2015....

The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) of Nepal in collaboration with the Accelerated Data Program (ADP) organized a five-day Microdata Management Training and Data Documentation Expansion Workshop in Kathmandu from 24 to 28 August 2015....

The ADP/PARIS21 in collaboration with Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) organized a workshop to discuss a collaborative academic documentation initiative from 11 to 12 June 2015. This was done right after the ADP pilot Quality Assessment....

The ADP is highly successful in building capacity for microdata documentation and dissemination in countries around the globe. Alone in East Africa Region, the National Statistics Offices of 18 countries and two regional research institutions have participated in the ADP and opened up their survey data for researchers to use. To sustain the good practices of data management in countries in cost effective manner, the ADP trains regional resources with a farther reach....

The ADP held a regional training in data documentation and dissemination for Laos and Vietnam. The ADP worked with Mekong Economics (MKE) Ltd., an economic consulting company in the Greater Mekong sub-region. Mekong Economics provided support in training agents from the National Statistical Offices in Vietnam and Hanoi. Having a presence in the Mekong sub-region is part needed as part of a way to better serve the needs of the NSO....

The ADP/PARIS21 in collaboration with Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) organized a pilot Regional Quality Assessment Workshop for Anglophone West Africa in Accra from 9 to 10 June 2015. The main objectives of the workshop are to review and discuss on the quality and functionality of key ADP outputs in countries and provide feedback for further improvement and sustainability of the program. The Accra workshop is first of its kind where GSS Ghana and NBS Nigeria participated as pilot countries....

The Accelerated Data Program will be conducting a series of quality assessments at the regional level during the third and fourth quarter of 2015. Regional partners are being selected to form the hubs of the assessment work. The assessment work will include reviewing the quality of the ADP output, such as the NADA and the quality of the documentation or the Data Documentation Initiative (DDI). A series of quality assessment tools has been developed and will be implemented at the regional level. These include minimum quality standards for publication of the ADP output....

The ADP together with the University of Ibadan Centre for Sustainable Development (CESDEV) held a data documentation workshop to promote the data documentation standard (DDI).This was a first step in producing an academic archive. The University intends to manage their research studies using the NADA tool developed by the IHSN....

The ADP supported the INS in Niger to review the draft data dissemination policy in Tillabéri, Niger from the 19-22 April. A draft produced by the INS was reviewed in a consultative setting with 9 agencies interested in data dissemination. Twenty-one persons attended the workshop with inputs coming from international consultants representing various statistics offices. These included: Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal....

The ADP continues to support Yemen in difficult times. The CSO has received support in data documentation from the ADP in recent years. The ADP work program had planned to provide an archive which could be managed internally through a local ISP. Recent events in Yemen have threatened the establishment of a central data archive. Preservation of the survey metadata is of paramount importance even as institutions struggles to cope with a breakdown in the government function. Yemen is a key country in the PARIS21 Fragile State strategy....

Improving quality and dissemination of statistics is one of the strategic objectives of the Second National Strategy for Development of Statistics (2014-2018) of National Institute of Statistics Rwanda (NISR). In accordance to the principles set out in the NSDS, the NISR is committed to ensuring that survey microdata are made available to the public on an impartial basis through National Data Archive (NADA). The Accelerated Data Program (ADP) has been providing technical support to NISR to establish NADA and to build capacity in documenting and dissemination survey microdata....

A Data Documentation Initiative Expansion Workshop was held in Tegucigalpa, Honduras from March 16 to March 20th, 2015. Six institutions of the National Statistical System (NSS) were invited by the National Statistics Office in Honduras (INE). The workshop was held in the Maya Hotel with 14 participants from various ministries.
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The Djibouti Statistical Office (DISED) and PARIS21, through the Accelerated Data Program, undertook a data documentation workshop in Djibouti from March 15-19. This was a unique workshop as it was an initial activity undertaken under a regional strategy for data documentation and preservation under PARIS21 Horn of Africa initiative. This Horn of Africa initiative seeks to identify pertinent issues related to developing the statistical systems of countries that are in crisis and leverage regional competencies and comparative advantages....

The ADP undertook a training support mission with Statistics South Africa (StatsSA). The mission was undertaken by partners at the University of Cape Town (UCT-DataFirst). The aim of the mission was to install National Data Archive (NADA) microdata management software on an intranet at the Stakeholder Relations and Marketing (SRM) Department and train SRM staff to manage StatsSA microdata sets. A special collaborative arrangement exits between Statistics SA and DataFirst at the UCT....

A Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) Expansion Workshop was held in Managua, Nicaragua from March 9 to March 13, 2015. This workshop introduced the principles of microdata documentation using the DDI and the International Household Survey Network tools to agencies in the National Statistical System (NSS). The workshop was organised in co-operation with with the Central Bank of Nicaragua (BCN) and the National Statistics Office of Nicaragua (INIDE). A total of 12 participants from the CBN and the INIDE.
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The Institut National de la Statistique (INS) undertook a consultative workshop to finalize the draft of their data dissemination policy. The workshop was sponsored by the ADP/PARIS21 and organized by the INS. The workshop took place in Agboville from the 23rd -25th of February. The workshop was facilitated by representatives from statistical offices in Cameroon, Mr. Martin Mba and Senegal, Mr. Mamadou Niang. A growing community of practice is being developed in the region. The Cote d’Ivoire now joins Senegal and Cameroon with a comprehensive approach to microdata dissemination....

The Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) with the support of ADP/PARIS21 organized a two-day Microdata Outreach and Advocacy Workshop (MOW) on February 19-20, 2015 at Kebby’s Hotel in Dar es Salaam....

The ADP maintains a web page that offers links to data archives that have been established in agencies across the world (http://adp.ihsn.org/survey-catalogs). In order to assure that the web sites are maintained and functional, a system of monitoring these sites was initiated in 2014. This daily monitoring will also help in disseminating standards and quality control of these sires. For 2015, these archives will continue to be monitored and standard quality assessments will also be undertaken. As can be seen fro the graphic provided, new NADAs continue to be added....

At the request of the statistics office in PNG, the ADP undertook an inception visit to the statistics office of Papua New Guinea (PNG). Meetings were held with key officials on December 18 and a one-day orientation on the IHSN and ADP was conducted at the National Statistics Office in Port Moresby on December 19. In attendance were more than 40 participants from the different departments of NSO, the Bank of PNG, the Departments of Health, Agriculture and Education. The ADP provided a review of processes of data documentation, archiving and dissemination process....

The ADP has been engaging countries in regional workshops dedicated to developing data dissemination policies. In 2014, several such regional workshops were undertaken. This is the first to focus specifically on developing coherent microdata dissemination policies in Asia. The workshop was held in Manila from 15-17 December 2014 and focused on the development of microdata dissemination policies within the context of their statistics laws....